You know it, you love it, it’s the Desert Bus-Famous Kraken Dance!
Liz wants to see you put your best foo-leg—-dance thing forward and make your own version.
We would like to see your own rendition of the Kraken dance, lasting no more than 12 seconds ideally. Whether it’s youtube, instagram or vine, that part is up to you.
We are going to run this challenge until 10:00 PM PST and ask that a link to your video is emailed to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line, The Kraken. Please include the name you’d like used if you are selected as a winner.
Your prize for this challenge is the massive collection of Pocket Games!
Get Dancing!
“Dammit” Liz Smith
Driving since: 2014
Points: 1
Crashes: 1
Patronus: The Zebra Pegasus
Theme Song: Liz! Dammit Liz! Dammit LIIIIIZ
First Crush: Wesley Crusher
Why “Dammit Liz”?
I angered the gods and this is what they named me.
How she feels about driving for Desert Bus 9:
When not at Desert Bus, she can be found:
I am the Event Design Manager at Wizards of the Coast. Before that I was Queen Producer at Dammit Liz Productions. I guess, technically I am STILL Queen Producer.
I like to create things and produce things.
If I wasn’t bussing today I would be at home playing Assassin’s Creed.
We are extremely fortunate to have a last-minute giveaway item make it to the Lunar Module Mk.2. We will be running this beautiful Pokemon Cross Stitch Sampler as a Donation Drive! Featuring the starters from the first generation of games front and center, the cuteness factor of this piece has already been rated over 9000 by Jamie of Child’s Play.
Any donations of $8.40 or multiples thereof until 5:05 PM PST will get you entries to win this piece.
Mike & Tifa Robles will be calling into Desert Bus at 6:30pm PST on Wednesday, November 18th.
Tifa Robles is the 
organizer and founder of The Lady Planeswalkers Society, a group that creates welcoming, friendly environments for all genders to learn and play Magic with over 60 chapters in the world. For the last two years she’s been the Editorial Games Producer for the Xbox Dashboard, creating and managing content for the Games section for Xbox One and Xbox 360 around the globe. Tifa was formerly a Brand Manager for Magic: The Gathering. She can be found on twitter and writes about her personal experiences on tumblr.
Mike Robles is an internet personality and experienced host. He was formerly the Community Manager for Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Killer Instinct, Minecraft, Age of Empires, and more. Nowadays he does reviews for Marooner’s Rock and streams on Twitch. Mike can also be found on tumblr, twitter, moderating panels at conventions, and doing improv in Seattle.
Together Mike and Tifa make videos for their Youtube channel, Video Time with Mike & Tifa, where they discuss their lives, review games, and talk about all things nerdy. They also created Rock Band 4 Charity, a 24-Hour live stream with proceeds going towards the Child’s Play Domestic Violence Shelter Initiative.
Have a question for Mike & Tifa? Leave it in the comments below!
It’s Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl…and Steven! These puppets come to us from Featherweight of Stolen Jokes and Temple of The Lava Bears art fame.
These puppets can be yours as we are running this giveaway as a Donation Drive. Any donations of $7.22 or multiples thereof until 4:15 PM PST will net you entries into this drive. Be a part of the Crystal Gems with these felt defenders of the world.
Tally has decided to use her previous art challenge as fuel for her next Art Challenge! This post will contain links to the PDFs of all the shortlisted selections.
Pictured here is Schala-Kitty’s but you may use ANY of the links we provide here.
Daniel Bowman Eric Johnson Schala Kitty Helen Merav Ortlieb SuperDuckyWho SquishyRedMonkey Shoebox Warrior
Our prize for this challenge will be your very own Desert Bus for Hope 9 T-Shirt from Fangamer!
This challenge will run until the End of Tally’s Shift. Submit entries to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line Colouring Book. Please include the name you’d like to be used if you are selected.
Our winner for Tally’s Line-Art Colouring book is, Schala Kitty! Congratulations!
The PDF links for our short list will be available for your download in our next post!
Founded in Seattle in 2011 by Tifa Robles, the Lady Planeswalkers Society aims to create welcoming, friendly environments for women (and everyone) to learn Magic: The Gathering. They host events for all genders and skill levels to battle Magic in an alternative space!
With over 50 chapters in the world, the group has been very successful and continues to grow. Outside of running tournaments in stores every week, the group also teaches Magic at many conventions with a large, dedicated staff of experienced teachers. Taking their teaching role a step further at PAX Prime 2015 in Seattle, LPS was the Official Learn to Play MtG teachers for Wizards of the Coast.
We thank Lady Planeswalkers for their continued support of Desert Bus with their multiple MTG-related prizes!
DONATION DRIVE
$10.15 (or multiples) until 2:30pm
Cozy up under this colourful commemorative quilt, consoling yourself by playing games with actual plots, mechanics, characters and even scenery. The quilt will remind you that Desert Bus, while the best of games, is really also the worst of games. While sadly not watching it, you can rest content in the fact that you are also not playing it. The quilt’s detailed stitching shows off the bug splat, the road, the pine tree air freshener, the steering wheel and the Sega controller.
Lovingly crafted by Tally’s mom, Tara Heilke!
Donate increments of $10.15 until 2:30pm to be entered to win!